University of the Peloponnese
School of Fine Arts
Department of Theatre Studies
Study Programme 2011-2012
The department of Theatre Studies of the School of Fine Arts of the University of the
Peloponnese aims at the theoretical and practical training of students in the art of
theatre. Combining theatre practice with scientific methodology it supplies students
with the necessary qualifications for an artistic or scientific career in theatre.
The Programme Study is four years, organized in eight semesters. The first two years
the students acquire basic background in theatre studies while the final two years they
choose a specialization and attend courses of more focused interests. The
specializations offered in the department are as follows:
1. Theatre Studies
2. Performing Arts
The Study Programme consists of 48 courses, each of which is taught three hours per
week. Additionally, students are required to write a Final Year Thesis, which
corresponds to and may be replaced by four elective courses of the third and fourth
years. Courses are distinguished into compulsory and electives. The department
offers a total of 36 compulsory courses and 12 electives or 16 electives, if the students
choose not to write a Thesis. In the first two years the department offers 28
compulsory courses, which provide basic training in theatre theory and practice.
During the first two years students, may, if they so desire, take up to two elective
courses of the third and fourth years, so as to prepare in advance for the
specializations of the final two years. In the third and fourth years students take 20
courses, 8 of which are compulsory offers within each specialization and 12 are
electives (or 16 electives if a student does not opt to write a thesis). Students may
choose electives either from the pool of elective courses of the third and fourth years
or from the compulsory courses offered by the other specializations in the department.
Finally, in the third and fourth years, students also undertake ‘practical training’
which is organized in collaboration with cultural or educational institutions outside
the university (as part of our internship or work-placement programme). Practical
training is equivalent to two (2) elective courses.
On the basis of the student work load, each of the theory courses of the first two years
carries 4 ECTS credits. The introductory courses to performing arts carry 5 ECTS
credits, on account of the combination of theory with artistic practice. The ‘Research
Methodology’ course carries 6 ECTS, as students are required to work on a lengthy
assignment and the syllabus of this course also includes acquaintance with
information technology at a basic level (e.g. learning to use Microsoft Office or
learning to access electronic resources and archives). As part of the basic education
and training programme of the first two years, students are also required to take two
semesters of language courses (French, *Italian or Spanish) which correspond to 8
ECTS credits.
The specialization courses of the final two years (3rd and 4th year compulsory and
electives) carry 5 ECTS credits each, as they require challenging paper assignments or
the undertaking of artistic work. In the final semester of their studies students may
choose the elective course ‘Theatre Production II’ which aims at the preparation and
presentation of a theatre production. The course requires the interaction between
theoretical and practical theatre courses, promoting a synthesis of theory and practice,
which is a basic aim of the department.
In sum, the undergraduate degree in Theatre Studies totals 240 ECTS credits (30
ECTS credits per semester). Therefore the department’s Programme of Studies is on
a par with all other European undergraduate study programmes of four years.
Compulsory Courses
(28 courses, 120 ECTS)
of
the
First
and
Second
Years
FIRST YEAR (60 ECTS Credits)
1st (Fall) Semester (30 ECTS Credits)
1. 01YX002 Introduction to Theatre Studies (Georgopoulou)
ECTS 4
2. 01YX003
(Blesios)
History and Dramaturgy of Modern Greek Theatre I: 16th century-1830
ECTS 4
3. 01YX004
World Theatre History I: Middles Ages and Renaissance (Georgopoulou)
ECTS 4
4. 01YE005
World Drama I: Renaissance – 18th century (Spyridopoulou)
ECTS 4
5. 01YX012 Introduction to Dance: Theory and Practice (Composition – Improvisation)
(Barbousi)
ECTS 5
6. 01YX007 Introduction to Acting: Theory and Practice (Zoniou)
ECTS 5
7. 01YX005 Modern Greek History (Kardaras)
ECTS 4
2nd (Spring) Semester (30 ECTS Credits)
1. 01YE001 History and Dramaturgy of Modern Greek Theatre II: 19th century-1920
(Blesios)*1
ECTS 4
2. 01YE010 Ancient Greek Theatre I: Aeschylus and Sophocles (Karamanou)
ECTS 4
3. 01YE003 World Theatre History II: 17th and 18th Centuries (Spyridopoulou)
ECTS 4
4. 02YX004 Theatre Pedagogy I: Didactics of Theatre in Education (Tsiaras)
ECTS 4
5. 01YE006 Research Methodology (Adjunct Tutor)
ECTS 6
6. 02YX008I Foreign Language and Theatre Terminology I : Spanish (Rodarelis)*2 ECTS 4
or
02YX008B Foreign Language and Theatre Terminology I: French (Economopoulou)
ECTS 4
7. 01YX006 European Literary Movements: 18th – 20th Centuries (Spiropoulou)
ECTS 4
SECOND YEAR (60 ECTS Credits)
3rd (Fall) Semester (30 ECTS Credits)
1. 02YX001 World Theatre History III: 19th and 20th centuries (Economopoulou) ECTS 4
2. 02YX007 Introduction to Costume Design: Theory and Practice (VogiatzakiKrukowski)
ECTS 5
3. 02YX010 Ancient Greek Theatre II: Euripides to Roman Tragedy (Karamanou) ECTS 4
4. 02YE007 Introduction to Directing: Theory and Practice (Tsichli)
ECTS 5
5. 02YE004 Theatre Theory (Spiropoulou)
ECTS 4
6. 02YE008I Foreign Language and Theatre Terminology II: Spanish (Rodarelis)
ECTS 4
or
02YE008B
Foreign Language
(Economopoulou)
and
Theatre
Terminology
II: French
ECTS 4
*1 This course will not be taught during the academic year 2011-12. The students will take it in 201213.
*2 For the academic year 2011-12 only, second year students have to take either French I or Spanish I.
7. 02YX011 Art History: Romanticism to 1945 (Mertyri)
ECTS 4
4th (Spring) Semester (30 ECTS Credits)
1. 02YE001 World Drama II: 19th Century – 1940 (Blessios)*3
ECTS 4
2. 02YE010 Ancient Greek Theatre III: Aristophanes-Menander- Roman Comedy
(Karamanou)
ECTS 4
3. 02YE005
Theatre Pedagogy II: Drama in Education (Kondoyianni)
ECTS 4
4. 02YE006 Introduction to Scenic Design: Theory and Practice (Dimitroulopoulou) ECTS 5
5. 02YE009 Directing Trends: Theory and Applications (Adjunct Tutor) ECTS 5
6. 02YE012 History and Dramaturgy of Modern Greek Theatre III: 1920 - present
(Georgopoulou)
ECTS 4
7. 02ΥΕ011 Introduction to the Cinema (Kaloudi)*4
ECTS 4
Third and Fourth Years: Specialization Courses (20 courses) + Final
Year Thesis (or 24 courses in all)
THEATRE STUDIES SPECIALIZATION
THIRD YEAR (60 ECTS Credits)
5th (Fall) Semester (30 ECTS Credits)
1. 03ΤΧ001 Issues in the History & Dramaturgy of Modern Greek Theatre (Blessios)
ECTS 5
2. 03ΤΧ002
Reception of Ancient Greek Drama (Karamanou)
ECTS 5
+ four elective courses (5 ECTS credits per course, total 20 ECTS Credits)
*3 This course will not be taught during the academic year 2011-12. The students will take it in 201213.
*4 For the academic year 2011-12 only, this course will not be taught in this specific semester but
rather it will be offered as a 3rd- 4th Year Elective.
6th (Spring) Semester (30 ECTS Credits)
1. 04ΤΧ002 Modern and Contemporary Drama: From the Absurd to Postmodernism
(Spiropoulou)
ECTS 5
2. 03ΤΕ002 Folk Theatre (Velioti)
ECTS 5
+ four elective courses (5 ECTS Credits per course, total 20 ECTS Credits)
FOURTH YEAR (60 ECTS Credits)
7th (Fall) Semester (30 ECTS Credits)
1. 04TX005 Critical Analysis of Productions (Adjunct Tutor)
ECTS 5
2. 04ΤΧ003 Film History (Kaloudi)
ECTS 5
+ four elective courses (5 ECTS Credits per course, total 20 ECTS Credits)
8th (Spring) Semester (30 ECTS Credits)
1. 03ΤΕ001 Directorial Approaches to Ancient Greek Drama*5
ECTS 5
2. 04ΤΕ002 Theatre Criticism (Georgopoulou)
ECTS 5
+ Final Year Thesis (20 ECTS) or four Elective courses instead (5 ECTS each)
PERFORMING ARTS SPECIALIZATION
The students of the Performing Arts Specialization may select one of the following
course cycles: 1. Directing-Acting, 2. Scenic and Costume Design, 3. DanceMovement. For registering in one of these course cycles, students have to have
successfully completed the corresponding introductory courses offered during the first
2 years of the programme.
*5 This course will not be taught during the academic year 2011-12 and can be replaced by an Elective.
1. ACTING-DIRECTING COURSE CYCLE
3RD YEAR (60 ECTS Credits)
5th (Fall) Semester (30 ECTS Credits)
1. 03ZX002 Directing I (Adjunct Tutor)
ECTS 5
2. 03ZE001 Vocal Training of the Actor (Adjunct Tutor)
ECTS 5
+ four elective courses (5 ECTS Credits per course, total 20 ECTS Credits)
6th (Spring) Semester (30 ECTS Credits)
1. 03ΖΧ001 Acting I (Zoniou)
2. 04ZΧ002
Directing II
ECTS 5
(Adjunct Tutor) *6
ECTS 5
+ four elective courses (5 ECTS Credits per course, total 20 ECTS Credits)
FOURTH YEAR (60 ECTS Credits)
7th (Fall) Semester (30 ECTS Credits)
1. 04ZΧ001 Acting II (Adjunct Tutor)
ECTS 5
2. 04ZΧ003 Theatre Production I (Tsichli)
ECTS 5
+ four elective courses (5 ECTS Credits per course, total 20 ECTS Credits)
8th (Spring) Semester (30 ECTS Credits)
1. 04ZΕ001 Acting III (Adjunct Tutor)
2. 04ZΕ002 Directing III (Adjunct Tutor)
ECTS 5
ECTS 5
+ Final Year Thesis (20 ECTS) or four Elective courses instead (5 ECTS each)
*6 During the academic year 2011-12, fourth year students have to take ‘Directing II’ as an Elective.
2.
SCENIC AND COSTUME DESIGN COURSE CYCLE
THIRD YEAR (60 ECTS Credits)
5th (Fall) Semester (30 ECTS Credits)
1. 03MΧ003 Line Drawing and Modelling (Adjunct Tutor)
2. 03MΧ002 Scenic Design I: Theory and Applications (Dimitroulopoulou)
ECTS 5
ECTS 5
+ four elective courses (5 ECTS Credits per course, total 20 ECTS Credits)
6th (Spring) Semester (30 ECTS Credits)
1. 03MΕ002 Costume Design Ι: Theory & Applications (Vogiatzaki-Krukowski)
ECTS 5
2. 04MX001 Scenic Design II: Conception, Design and Modelling*7 (Dimitroulopoulou)
ECTS 5
+ four elective courses (5 ECTS Credits per course, total 20 ECTS Credits)
FOURTH YEAR (60 ECTS Credits)
7th (Fall) Semester (30 ECTS Credits)
1. 04MΧ002 Multimedia in the Performing Arts I: Lighting and Digital Image (VogiatzakiKrukowski)
ECTS 5
2. 04ΖX003 Theatre Production Ι (Tsichli)
ECTS 5
+ four elective courses (5 ECTS Credits per course, total 20 ECTS Credits)
8th (Spring) Semester (30 ECTS Credits)
1.
04MΕ001 Scenic Design III (Adjunct Tutor)
ECTS 5
*7 During the academic year 2011-12, fourth year students have to take ‘Scenic Design II: Conception,
Design and Modelling*7’ as an Elective.
2. 04MΕ002 Costume Design II: Design & Practice (Adjunct Tutor)
ECTS 5
+ Final Year Thesis (20 ECTS) or four Elective courses instead (5 ECTS each)
3. DANCE-MOVEMENT COURSE CYCLE
THIRD YEAR (60 ECTS Credits)
5th (Fall) Semester (30 ECTS Credits)
1
03ΧΧ001 Choreography (Adjunct Tutor)
2
03ΧΧ002 History and Theory of Dance (Barbousi)
ECTS 5
ECTS 5
+ four elective courses (5 ECTS Credits per course, total 20 ECTS Credits)
6th (Spring) Semester (30 ECTS Credits)
1. 03ΧΕ001 Laban Theory– Choreology in Dance & Theatre (Adjunct Tutor)
ECTS 5
2. 03ΧΕ002 Choreography- Personal Style (Barbousi)
ECTS 5
+ four elective courses (5 ECTS Credits per course, total 20 ECTS Credits)
FOURTH YEAR (60 ECTS Credits)
7th (Fall) Semester (30 ECTS Credits)
1. 04XX001 Somatics: An introductory course (Barbousi)
ECTS 5
2. 04ZΧ003 Theatre Production Ι (Tsichli)
ECTS 5
+ four elective courses (5 ECTS Credits per course, total 20 ECTS Credits)
8th (Spring) Semester (30 ECTS Credits)
1. 04ΧΕ005 Techniques of Physical Theatre (Vasilakou)
2.
04ΧX002 Contemporary Dance Techniques (adjunct tutor)
ECTS 5
ECTS 5
+ Final Year Thesis (20 ECTS) or four Elective courses instead (5 ECTS each)
COMPLETE LIST OF 3rd and 4th YEAR ELECTIVES FOR 2010-2011
5 ECTS credits per course
Winter Semester (5th and 7th Semesters)
1. 34ΕΧ001 Ancient History and Theatre (Kardaras)
2. 34EE002 Interdisciplinary Approaches: Theatre and Cinema (Kaloudi)
3. 34EE003 Introduction to Physical Theatre and Mime (Vasilakou)
4. 34EX026 Contemporary Spanish Theatre Acting Lab-21st C. (Rodarelis)
5. 34EX027 Theatre and Society I: The Theatre of the Oppressed (Zoniou)
6. 34EE004 Mime Lab I (Vasilakou)
7. 34ΕΧ029 Theory and Criticism of Theatrical Translation (Spyridopoulou)
8. 34ΕΧ008 Puppet Theatre (Velioti)
9. 34EE009 Morphology-The Succession of Styles: From Architecture to Furniture
(Dimitroulopoulou)
10. 34EX011 Modern Greek Art I: From the Post-Byzantine period to the end of the 19th
Century (Mertyri)
11. 34EX012 Scenic Design in Ancient Greek Theatre (Mikedaki)* (not taught in 2011-12)
12. 34EX013 Theatre Pedagogy III: Exercises and Techniques of Drama in Education
(Kondoyianni)
13. 34ΕΕ012
Theatre Pedagogy IV: Didactics of Theatre in Primary and Secondary
Education (Tsiaras)
14. 34EX014 Theatre Pedagogy V: The Psycho-pedagogic Approach of Theatre Didactics in
Education (Tsiaras)
15. 34ΕΕ013 Theatre Pedagogy VI: Theatre Pedagogy Projects at Social Places and Working
Centers (Kondoyianni)
16. 34EX016 Primal Forms of Theatre (Velioti)
17. 34EX017 The Scenic Space of Ancient Theatre (Mikedaki) * (not taught in 2011-12)
18. 34EX041 Interpreting Texts: Contemporary Theories of
Literature and Drama
(Spiropoulou)
19. Entrepreneurialism and Small to Medium-range Business Administration
Spring Semester (6th and 8th Semesters)
1. 34EE0042 Aesthetic and Theory of the Cinema:From 1945 to the present (Kaloudi)
2. 34EE026 Francophone Theatre (Economopoulou)
3. 34EE029 Women and Figurative Arts in Surrealism (Spyridopoulou)
4. 02ΥΕ011 Introduction to the Cinema (Kaloudi)*
5. 34ΕΕ040 Mime Lab II (Vasilakou)
6. 34ΕΕ024 Theatre Production II: Performance (Co-ordinator: A.Tsichli in collaboration
with other tutors of theoretical and applied courses)** For students of 8th
Semester only
7. 34ΕΕ027 Theatre and Society II: Ethnοdrama and Docu-Drama (Zoniou)
8. 34ΕΕ035 Devised Theatre (Tsichli)
9. 34EE025 Spanish and Latin-American Theatre (Medieval-19thC) (Rodarelis)
10. 34EE007 History of European Civilisation (Kardaras)
11. 34EE010 Modern Greek Art II: Modernism (Mertyri)
12. 34EE011 Enlightenment in Modern Greece (Kardaras)
13. 34EX015 Theatre in Pedagogy VII: Drama in Education and Creative Expression
(Kondoyianni)
14. 34EE014 Theatre Pedagogy VIII: Developmental Forms of Teaching Theatre in
Education (Tsiaras)
15. 34EE016 Masks and Costumes in Ancient Greek Theatre (Mikedaki) * (not taught in
2011-12)
16. 04ΤΕ001 Ancient Theatres (Mikedaki) * (not taught in 2011-12)
17. 34EE019 Multimedia in the Performing Arts II: Digital Technology and Environment
(Vogiatzaki-Krukowski)
18. 34EE020 Ritual Performance in Ancient Greek Drama (Velioti)
19. 34ΕΕ036 Art and Society: Perceptions of Modernity by Romantic Artists (Mertyri)
20. 34ΕΕ032 Dance: Composition and Improvisation (Barbousi)
21. Development of New Products and Services
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NB. 1. The maximum number of registered students for elective courses is 15, and for the
electives of Theatre Pedagogy the ceiling is 20 students.
NB. 2. The students who entered the Department during 2010-11 have to take one (1) elective
course in Theatre Pedagogy during the 3rd or 4th year of their studies.